Daily Prayers
What are we thanking HaShem for in Modeh Ani?
Returning our soul to us, and giving us another day
What does Rosh Chodesh mean?
Head of the month - beggining of the month
How many times a week do we say the shabbat prayers?
What does the word amidah mean, and why is it called that?
Stand - bc you stand when you say it.
What does הנותן ליעף כח mean?
He gives strength to the weak
Which prayer recognises HaShem as the master of the whole world, and also has a few different tunes you can sing to it.
Adon Olam
What additional prayer is said on Rosh Chodesh, and what does it mean?
Hallel - means praise.
Can you sing the words to shalom aleichem (pg 503)?
good luck
In which bracha do we ask HaShem for knowledge.
אתה חונן
Which bracha talks about being able to stand up properly - not crooked?
זוקף כפופים
What is the purpose of having kaddish inbetween pesukei dezimra and shachrit?
In order to seperate them - they have different themes, different purposes, and different levels of importance.
What paragraph do we add into the amidah for Rosh Chodesh, and can you sing it?
Yaaleh VeYavo
What bracha do we make on Shabbat candles, washing hands and on the challah?
Lehadlik ner shel shabbat, al netilat yadayim and hamotzi lechem min haaretz
In which bracha do we ask HaShem for health and healing
רפאנו
How many brachot are there in birkot hashachar?
15
Why do we pray?
How full is the moon on Rosh Chodesh?
Invisible
How many brachot are there in the shabbat amidah?
7
What is the structure of the amidah - thematically?
First 3 brachot - praise, middle 13 brachot - requests, final 3 brahcot - thanks
What is the difference between the first 4 brachot and the rest of the brachot - thematically?
They are about identity, whereas the remaining brachot are general praise.
When was prayers formalised?
After destruction of second temple.
Sing the paragraph of BeTzeit Yisrael in Hallel (pg 825)
Good luck
What is this weeks parsha, and who is the main charachter, and who was he?
Yitro to both, was Moshe's father in law
What was the most recently added bracha to the amidah?
ולמלשינים
Why should a blind person still say the bracha of פוקח עוורים?
Bc they still benefit from the other people around them who can see. They can help the blind person, and also improve the world due to their ability to see.